Thanks. yes, I meant signature. Howie
> On Jul 8, 2016, at 3:49 PM, Bill Cole > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 8 Jul 2016, at 17:20, Howard Wettstein wrote: > >> Two problems. > > 3, actually... > > I think there's a bit of email jargon you're not familiar with: "signature" > is the term most commonly used for a few lines of text appended to some or > all of one's messages, often containing information like non-email contact > information. In other words: a signature can contain a real-world address. > The rest of my answer assumes that where you say "address" you mean > "signature" because that makes perfect sense, whereas "address" is mystifying. > >> 1. When I insert an address, all subsequent emails have that address >> appended. But I often don’t want an address at all. Is there a way to >> automatically turn it off after each use? > > Sadly, no. This is a function that Benny seems quite fond of, although I have > never known anyone else whose use of email signatures actually fits the way > it works. By default, you get the signature you last used on email to the > person that you are mailing. > > You can cause MailMate to NOT use a signature for a particular message by > selecting "No Signature" from the Signature menu in the composition window. > >> 2. Placement. I want my address to appear after my message and before the >> quoted message that’s below. Is there a way to set it up this way. > > I believe that is what the "Top" option in the Signatures pane of MailMate's > Preferences does. > > > > Random Trivia: "Signature" in reference to email is an unfortunately > overloaded word that can mean either: > > 1. A short block of text one automatically appends to one's messages in email > and in Usenet newsgroups. > > Traditionally: the signature is delimited from the actual message by a single > line containing the 3-character sequence '-- ' The signature itself shall be > no more than 4 plaintext lines of 72 characters or less. Improper delimiters, > more than 4 lines, lines over 80 characters, ASCII art, control-code > mischief, or (worst of all) HTML in a signature makes the author Fair Game > for the alt.fan.warlord newsgroup, where signature narcissists go to be > flayed. > > 2. A cryptographically-generated blob of data generated from a message by an > asymmetric (a.k.a. public-key) cryptographic system which is used to > irrefutably assert authorship of a message by the owner of a particular key > pair. > > > _______________________________________________ > mailmate mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate
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